Apartment Building, Residential Hagerstown, MD – Kitchen fire at new apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system October 8, 2016 viking210 A fire that broke out at the Reserve at Collegiate Acres apartment complex in Hagerstown Thursday afternoon could have been much worse if not for the building’s second-floor sprinkler system. Firefighters from the city and Maugansville responded to the apartment complex on Buckeye Circle at 4:45 p.m. to find the fire-alarm system activated and occupants evacuating the building, according to a Hagerstown Fire Department news release. Residents reported a fire in the second-floor kitchen apartment, which had been extinguished by the sprinklers. Firefighters verified that the fire was out, shut off the sprinklers and worked to contain the remaining water, the release said. “This new 28-unit apartment building would most likely have suffered significant damage, displacing much or all of the occupants without the fire sprinkler system,” city Fire Marshal Doug DeHaven said in the release. “We have had too many large fires recently in the area. Today, we saw the importance of working smoke alarms, which activated alerting the apartment occupants of the fire; the fire sprinkler system, which extinguished a growing fire in the apartment; and the buildings fire alarm that alerted others within the building and notified the fire department,” he said. The fire marshal’s investigation determined that a pot of grease on the stove caught fire, spreading into the exhaust fan and the above cabinets, the release said. The occupants of the apartment found the burning pot and attempted to remove it, which activated the sprinklers, the release said.
Apartment Building, Residential Canton, OH – Early morning apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system September 30, 2016 viking210 A fire at a downtown apartment building sent one person to a hospital Monday morning. Firefighters were called to The Downtowner at 621 Market Avenue N at 5:48 a.m. for a fire in an occupant’s room. The building’s sprinkler system put out the flames, but the fire caused $15,000 in damage to the structure and $3,000 in damage to the contents. An occupant of the building was taken to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, said Battalion Chief Steve Henderson.
Apartment Building, Residential Topeka, KS – Sprinkler system activates to help limit damage in apartment fire September 30, 2016 viking210 Topeka Fire Department crews put out a small trash fire early Tuesday at a downtown apartment building. An automatic alarm was activated shortly after 5 a.m. on the second floor of the Santa Fe Place Apartments, a five-story brick building at 600 S.E. Madison. Crews arrived to find a small fire on the second floor, where sprinklers had activated. Fire officials at the scene said there was no major damage associated with the fire, which was believed to have started as a result of improper disposal of smoking materials. However, water from the sprinkler system ran down the elevator shaft and into at least one apartment. It took about 30 minutes to get the sprinkler system shut off. No injuries were reported.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Yarmouth, MA – Nursing home fire contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported September 28, 2016 viking210 Fire broke out at the Mayflower Place nursing facility on Buck Island Road around 11 a.m. Smoke as reportedly pouring from one of the units when firefighters arrived. A sprinkler system contained the fire and crews quickly put it out. The occupant escaped and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A Hyannis engine assisted at the scene.
College/University (on campus), Residence Hall/Dormitory Santa Barbara, CA – Residence hall fire controlled with help from sprinkler system September 28, 2016 viking210 Around 200 Westmont students were displaced Monday when a fire broke out inside a storage closet at one of the college’s dorms, leaving a student with burns to his feet, according to school officials. Firefighters responded to Page Hall at 955 La Paz in Montecito early Monday evening to reports of the fire and found heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the three-story building. The Montecito Fire Department says a second-alarm response was then requested due to the number of people in the building that could be in harms way. The students were evacuated and the fire controlled, with the help of a fire sprinkler system, by 6:15 p.m. The injured student was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. School officials say power was out at the dorm and students were being set up with alternative housing for the night. Some reportedly stayed on cots in Murchison Gym and others stayed at the homes of faculty and staff. No student rooms were damaged by the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Westmont’s fall semester began August 29.
Apartment Building, Residential Manchester, NH – Sprinkler system helps limit damage in apartment fire; No injuries September 27, 2016 viking210 Thirty apartments were evacuated Sunday morning after a small fire broke out in a third-floor unit at 195 Eastern Avenue. Manchester firefighters received an automatic fire alarm at 10:58 a.m. Sunday at Hillview Apartments at 195 Eastern Ave. District Fire Chief Mike Gamache said upon arrival crews discovered water and smoke in a third floor apartment. Firefighters located a small fire, partially extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. Gamache said firefighters extinguished the remainder of the fire, then assisted residents in apartments on the first and second floors, where water from the sprinkler system drained onto their possessions. Gamache said extensive salvage operations were performed to save the residents’ belongings. No injuries were reported. Gamache said fire and water from the sprinkler system caused an estimated $10,000 in damages. The property, which consists of four buildings, is owned by Eastern Avenue Associates LLC, with an assessed value of $8,643,200, according to the city’s website.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Scottsdale, AZ – Townhouse fire controlled with help from sprinkler system September 26, 2016 viking210 Scottsdale Fire Department said a townhouse near 92nd and Cholla streets caught fire Friday morning and a resident was rescued and treated for smoke inhalation. Scottsdale fire crews arrived around 6:30 a.m. and discovered a bedroom fire had activated the unit’s sprinkler system. Firefighters assisted a woman out of the townhouse and paramedics treated her for smoke inhalation. After she was treated at the scene, she was taken to the hospital. Fire department officials did not have an update on her condition. The fire is under investigation. Officials said the townhouse had a smoke detector and one sprinkler was activated above the fire. No firefighters were injured.
Apartment Building, Residential Houston, TX – Single sprinkler contains early morning apartment fire; No injuries reported September 24, 2016 viking210 Fire marshals are crediting a sprinkler system with limiting damage during an early-morning fire at a northwest Harris County apartment complex. A blaze broke out at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday on the third floor of an apartment in the 15000 block of Tuckerton. The fire triggered a single sprinkler system on the balcony. It contained the flames until firefighters arrived at the scene. There were no reports of injuries, officials said. “The fire sprinkler did exactly what it was designed to do. Lives and property were saved because one sprinkler head activated and minimized the fire damage,” said Harris County Fire Marshal Mike Montgomery. The cause of the fire was later identified as “discarded smoking materials,” officials said.
Apartment Building, Residential, Residential High Rise Victoria, BC, Canada – Stove fan fire in high-rise apartment building doused by sprinkler system September 21, 2016 viking210 A small fire in an apartment building on Fisgard Street will likely have residents of least a few units looking for somewhere to stay tonight. Crews were called to the 12-story Hudson Mews building at 780 Fisgard just before 8 p.m. People living in the 120-unit building were forced out as firefighters arrived and searched for the cause. It turned out to be a fire in a stove fan on the fifth floor of the building. “When crews arrived on scene, they found that a suite on the fifth floor had had sprinkler activation,” said Victoria Fire Department Acting Battalion Chief Mark Robertson. “it was caused by a small fire in a hood vent.” The fire doesn’t appear to have caused much damage but it set off sprinklers. “The fire has been extinguished but there was quite a bit of water damage to the suites below,” said Robertson. City of Victoria Emergemcy Social Service attended to take care of any residents that were unable to return to their suites. The building’s management team assisted with contacting their repair contractors and organizing their residents. Those who could return home were allowed back in about 45 minutes later. The building opened in May 2014.
Apartment Building, Residential Seattle, WA – No injuries after apartment complex fire is extinguished by sprinkler system September 20, 2016 viking210 Residents at a Seattle apartment complex said they started knocking on each other’s doors as soon as the fire alarms went off. Tenants evacuated early Tuesday morning as flames burned through portions of the second and third floors of the Union View Apartment complex, Seattle Fire said. The building’s sprinkler system extinguished the fire. The complex is located in the 1600 block of Dexter Avenue North. A unit’s patio was charred in the flames. No injuries were reported, Close to 60 Seattle firefighters responded. Authorities haven’t determined the fire’s cause, as of Tuesday morning. Fire officials are investigating.
